Wanting to “Cuff Every Elder's Ears”

Due to frustrations generated from poor meeting attendance by the elders, who wanted to “cuff every elder’s ears?”

a.                  J. Golden Kimball

b.                  Joseph Smith

c.                   Porter Rockwell

d.                  Brigham Young

Yesterday’s answer:

a.                  Called them on missions

Those who questioned Brigham Young’s politics were known as the Godbeites, because they were led by and William S. Godbe.  They considered themselves free thinkers and intellectuals. The Utah Magazine, founded in 1869, became their means for stating their opinions.

When the Church leaders tried everything in their power to reclaim these men, at the School of the Prophets, nothing but bad feelings ensued.  Church leaders went so far as to call some of these men on missions, and of course they were rejected. These men became even more vocal in their public cry, which ultimately led to their excommunication. In 1870 they started their own church, named the Church of Zion, and made their periodical into a daily anti-Mormon newspaper, the Salt Lake Tribune.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History In The Fulness Of Times (Salt Lake City: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), 402.